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CASH CARRIER IAND FARE COLLECTOR.

Patented Nov. 8,1881.

Np.A 249,368.

UNITED STATESv PATENT i OFFRE,

JOHN F. KING, on WASHINGTON, DIsTnIo'r on OOLUMBIA.

`,CASH-CARRll-:R A'ND FARE-COLLECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,368, dated November 8, 1881,

` Application nieu August 15,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. KING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Washington,

i in' the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cash-Carriers or i Fare-Collectors,of which thefollowin gis as peciication. i y i This invention relates to an automatic cashcarrier or fare-collector, adapted, when applied to a street-car, tobe placed under the control of the driver, so thatit can be operated to car`4 ry the fares from the passengers to the driver, and also to return change or tickets from the driver to the passengers, thereby avoiding the necessity of the driver leaving the front platform of the car or the passengers getting up from their seats. It is also applicable to banks or stores, the apparatus in the last-named in-j stance being placed under the control ot' the cashier `or other employ to whom and from whom1notes, cash, papers, and the like can be conveyed by the carrier, which will pass over the several desks or counters of the establishment.

The` object of my invention is to improve the construction and arrangement of the operating mechanism of the carrier, whereby the latter can be readilyr caused to travel to the several required localities in. a path sufficiently ele` vated to prevent acciden tal collision of the car `rier with persons in the car or room in which the carrier is located, and so that when arriving at the point where a fare is to be collected or other article to be placed on the carrier, the

same can be readily lowered to Within convenient reach of the party. These objects I attain by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l is a side elevation of a street-car with my improved apparatus applied thereto. Fig.`2 represents detached sectional parts of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the `carrier or receptacle for receiv- `ing cash,.tickets, and the like. Fig. 4 illus-` tratesthe'apparatus arranged for a bank or store.' Fig. 5 is an enlarged vieW,-partly.in section, of a portion of the apparatus used in the said bank or` store; and Fig. Gis a vertical section through the track, takenthrough the carriage and track shownin Fig. 5.

Referring, now, to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, representing the apparatus as applicable to ast-reetcar, the letterA indicates the street-car, oforgers when change is to -be returned by theV driver 5 or the door can be locked by a key retained by the driver, and the change tobe returnedplaced in one of thelouter compartments of a tray, C, located at the base of the carrierbox. i Y i l rlhe carrier-box is suspended within the car by means of a cord or cords,D,` arranged toc pass over the pulleys E, and thence forward to a large pulley-wheel supported over the front platform of the car. The pulleys E, overwhich such cord or cords pass, are mounted in a movablecarriage, F, that is arranged within a hollow track, G, secured to the ends of the car and located centrally near the topthereof, so as to vbe out ot' the Way. This hollow track has a longitudinal slot, g, extending nearly its entire length, so that the cords suspending the earrierbox can pass through the slot, andalso so that the 4downWardly-projecting guides g;

of the carriage can pass through the same.

The pulley-wheel H, which is atthe front end of the car, and to which the cords suspending the carrier-box are attached,ismount ed loosely upon a fixed shaft,l, that is rigidly secured to that portion of the car-roof which extends over the front platform. Thispulleywheel is supported on the fixed shaft by means ot' a spring, K, that is coiled around the shaft, so. as to lie Within the hollow hub k of the pulley-Wheel, the lower end ot the spring resting upon a iiange, 7c', at the lower end of the shaft,

and bearing upwardly against a shoulder formed in the hub of the pulley. The hub or pulley is provided with a crank-handle, L,within convenient reach of the driver, so th at by turning the handle, and consequently the pulleywheel, the cord-or cords can be wound upon IOO or unwound from the grooved pulley, thus elevating or lowering the carrier-box, according to the direction in which the pulley is turned. As a means for causing the carrier-box to travel back and forth through the car, I provide .a second grooved pulley-wheel, M, loosely mounted upon the fixed shaft above the pulley that is employed for raising or lowering the carrierbox. One end of the cord m, passing around the upper pulley, connects with the forward end of the carriage within lthe hollow track, while the remaining end of said cord passes around a small pulley, m', at the rear endy of the track, and thence to the rear side of the carriage, with which it is then connected; hence by rotating the upper pulley on the fixedishaftin one direction the carriage will beiadvanced or moved toward the front end of t-h'e car, and by a reversemovennent of the said pulley the carriage will he drawn back.

In order to admit-ot' the lowerl pulley being connected with lthe upper pulley, in order to operate the latter, I provide the upper side of Athelower pulley with studs N,and form in the under side of the upper pulley recesses n for receivingsaid studs, whereby the two pulleys can vbe clutched when desired.

l:In order to simply raise and lower the caryrierlbox, the driver will grasp the crank-hanfdflelaud before turnin g the same pull down upon Ait in order to unclutch the lower from the upper pulley, and by then turning the crankhandle the lower pulley will alone be turned,

the upper pulley not being free to descend and engage the lower one by reason of a shoulder, n', on the fixed shaft. When the lower pulley is released, however, `it will be raised by the action of the spring, so as to clutch with the upperpulley. It' the crank-handle is now turned while these two pulleys are thus connected, theV carriage will be moved along `the track, and the carrier-box consequently carried through the car. During such movement the carrier-box will obviously not be raised or lowered, since if, for example, the carriage and box are lbeing moved from the rear toward the frontend ofthe car, the lower pulley will simply take up the carrier-box, suspending cord D 'in Vproportion to the distance traveled by the.

carriage, thus maintaining the latter at the same height. In this way the carrierbox can be caused to travel through the car above the headsof the passengers, and also lowered to collect fare whenever desired. Pulleys D Dl will .be arranged at the forward end of the car for the cords to pass over, so as to properly guide the same.

In employing this apparatus in a bank or store, the slightly-modified `construction illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 will preferably be used. In this instance the carrier-box B is supported by a swinging bar, P, that is vprovidedat its upper end with a yoke or bail, p, embracing thetrack and the carriage F and hinged to the sides of the carriage. The hollow track G is formed with the longitudinal slot g through its upper side, through which a vertical guide-bar, g', extends .into the hollow track, and upon the lower end of this guidebar is a short halfround bar, g2, arranged within the track so that its convex side willl lie against the upper portion of the inner wall. ofthe track, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The cord m, for causing the carriage to travel along the track, is arranged withiuthe same land connected with the carriage as before, while the cord D, for swinging the pivoted bar so as to raise or lower the carrier-box, passes from the hollow track up through the carriage and connects with the upper end of the pivoted bar. The mechanism for operating these cords is the same as that shown in connection with the apparatus employed for a street-car, and hence need not be further described.

The carriage shown in Figs. 4, 5,and 6 is outside ofand over the track, and is provided at its ends with grooved wheels R, whichrest upon the track, whereby the carriage can be easily moved and with but little friction.'

In Fig. 4 I have shown a cashiers desk, S, and a long counter, T, over which the track is arranged, whereby money, papers, or other articles can be. readily carried back and forth between the several employs and the cashier, and the apparatus be under the control ofthe latter. The track can be secured to the wall or to the ceiling by suitable ornamental brackets, and in such position that one terminus thereof will' be over the cashiers desk.

In the apparatus illustrated in connection with a street-car, there will be sufficient friction between the sliding carriage and the track to prevent the carriage from being drawn forward when' the cord is wound upon the lower pulley-wheel in order to elevate the carrier-box; but when the carriage is supported upon wheels or rollers, as shown in the apparatus described, for use in a bank or store, the carriage will be apt to be drawn forward under the aforesaid circumstances, since the cord for vibrating-the pivoted lever-bar is attached to the short upper end-thereof, and consequently the tension required to raise the weight would be likelyto also drag the carriage. To obviate this lp'ivot to the lower part of the carriage-frame, which extends below the tube or hollow track, a pawl, U, and connect the outer end thereof by a cord, V, with a spring, V', attached to the upper portion of the carriage at suchpoint that the cord will be at an angle, as shown in Fig. 5. Upon IOO IIO

one side of the pivoted bar, above its pivot, I

riage might be used, although generally one of L each will be sufficient. i e Instead of the rack-teeth, the pawl can b tipped with rubber, which will subserve the same purpose; and instead of the mechanism shown', other checking devices might obviously be employed.

Having thus described my invention, `whatI` Y claim isy 1. An automatic cash-carrier or fare-collector comprising a carrier-box arranged to be raised and lowered and carried back and forth and also to be arrested at any desired point in its line of travel at the will of the operator, in combination with mechanism extending to the operators stand at the end of the line for effecting such movement on the part of the carrierboX, substantially as described.

2. An autom atie cash-carrier or fare-collector 3. The combination, with the elevated track, i of the carriage arranged to traverse the same,

the carrier-box suspended from the carriage, and the independent pulley-wheels connected by cordsto thecarrier-box andcarriage,said pulley-wheels being arranged to be connected and operated conjointly, so as to cause the carriage to traverse the track or to be disconnected and but one lpulley-Wheel operated, so as to effect the raising or the lowering of the carrier-box, substantially as described.

4. The combination ofthe elevated track with the carriage arranged to traverse the same, the carrier-box suspended from the carriage, the lower pulley-wheel, H, loosely mounted upon a fixed shaft and connected by a cord with the carrier-box, the upper pulley-wheel, M, loosely mounted upon the said fixed shaft and connected by a cord with the carriage, the studs upon the lower pulley wheel received into recesses in the upper pulley-wheel, and the spring within a hub of the lower wheel arranged to force the same upward to connect the two pulley-wheels, substantially as described.

5. The combination,with the elevated. track, of the carriage arranged to traverse the same,

the carrier-box suspended from the carriage,

the mechanism for causing the carriage to traverse the track and for raising and loweringthe carrier-box, and the check mechanism for preventing the motion ot' the carriage while` the carrier-box is being elevated, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set witnesses.

JOHN F. KING.

Witnesses: f

JAMES L. NoRRIs, JAMES A. RUTHERFORD.

6o` my hand in the presence of two subscribing l 

